Inside Ruto’s Ksh4T budget
By Francis Muli, June 13, 2024
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u has revealed how Ksh3.992 billion will be shared among different government agencies and departments in the 2024/2025 Financial Year.
Ministerial recurrent expenditures will gobble up Ksh1.6 trillion while interest payments and pensions will get Ksh1.2 trillion. Ministerial development expenditure will take up Ksh745.9 billion, contingency fund Ksh4 billion while equitable share to counties has been capped at Ksh400.1 billion.
Ksh100.5 billion will be used on infrastructure, Ksh86.6 billion on social sectors, Ksh46.2 billion on finance and production economy, Ksh22.1 billion on environment and natural resources and Ksh28.1 billion on government and public administration.
The government aims to spend Ksh23.7 billion in supporting manufacturing for job creation, Ksh377.5 billion in enhancing national security, Ksh402.7 billion in critical infrastructure, Ksh656.6 billion in enhancing access to quality education outcomes, Ksh110.1 billion on environmental protection, water and natural resources and Ksh89.5 billion on equity, poverty reduction, women and youth empowerment.
Further, the government will spend Ksh31.3 billion for social protection and affirmative action, Ksh23.7 billion for stimulating tourism growth, sports culture and recreation and Ksh400.1 billion for equitable share to county governments.
To raise the amount, the government targets to raise Ksh3,343.2 billion (18.5 per cent of GDP) through taxes, Ksh51.8 billion (0.3%of GDP) through grants, Ksh333.8 billion (1.8 per cent of GDP) through net foreign financing and Ksh263.2 billion (1.5 per cent of GDP) through net domestic financing.
This will leave the government with a deficit of Ksh597.0 billion (3.3 per cent of GDP).
In the FY 2024/25 budget, Ksh54.6 billion has been allocated to the agriculture sector as follows:
| Ksh 10.0 billion | Fertilizer subsidy programme; |
| Ksh 647 million | Small Scale Irrigation and Value Addition Project; |
| Ksh 2.5 billion | Emergency Locusts Response; |
| Ksh 2.4 billion | Enable Youth and Women in Agriculture; |
| Ksh 6.1 billion | National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP); |
| Ksh 642 million | Food Security and Crop Diversification Project; |
| Ksh 12.3 billion | Livestock Resources Management and Development; |
| Ksh 300 million | Development Leather Industrial Park- Kenanie; |
| Ksh 1.0 billion | MSMEs Agricultural Credit; |
| Ksh 11.3 billion | Blue Economy Priority Projects; |
| Ksh 182 million | National Drought Emergency Fund; |
| Ksh 3.7 billion | Settlement of the Landless; |
| Ksh 930 million | Processing and Registration of Title Deeds; and |
| Ksh 585 million | Digitization and construction of Land Registries; |
In a bid to transform the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) economy, allocations have been made as follows;
| Ksh 5.0 billion | Hustlers Fund; |
| Ksh 200 million | Youth Enterprise Development Fund; |
| Ksh 162.5 million | Centre for Entrepreneurship Project; and |
| Ksh 1.9 billion | Rural Kenya Financial Inclusion Facility |
In the FY 2024/25 budget, Ksh92.1 billion has been allocated for the housing programme as follows:
| Ksh 67.4 billion | Affordable and Social Housing & Social Physical Infrastructure; |
| Ksh 11.3 billion | Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement Project-Phase II; |
| Ksh 1.1 billion | Construction of Markets; |
| Ksh 1.0 billion | Construction of Housing Units for National Police and Kenya Prisons; |
| Ksh 876 million | Maintenance of Government Pool Houses; |
| Ksh 496 million | Construction of Foot Bridges; and |
| Ksh 444 million | Construction of County Headquarters |
In the FY 2024/25 budget, the health sector has been allocated Ksh127 billion. Allocations to the sector include:
| Ksh 4.2 billion | Universal Health Coverage Coordination and Management Unit; |
| Ksh 4.6 billion | Specialized Medical Equipment and Stipend for Community Health Promoters; |
| Ksh 2.0 billion | Free Maternity Health Care; |
| Ksh 3.6 billion | Managed Equipment Services; |
| Ksh 861.5 million | Medical Cover for the Elderly and Severely Disabled in our Society; |
| Ksh 4.1 billion | Primary Healthcare Fund; |
| Ksh.2.0 billion | Emergency, Chronic and Critical Illness Fund; |
| Ksh 28.7 billion | Global Fund (HIV, Malaria, TB); |
| Ksh 4.6 billion | Vaccines and Immunizations Programme; |
| Ksh 1.2 billion | Construction and Equipping Kenya Medical Training Colleges(KMTC); |
| Ksh 2.6 billion | Kenya National Hospital Burns and Paediatrics Centre; |
| Ksh 1.1 billion | Construction and Strengthening of Cancer Centers; and |
| Ksh 4.1 billion | Management of Medical Personnel |
Digital superhighway and creative economy has an allocation of Ksh16.3 billion in the FY 2024/25. Allocations include:
| Ksh 5.2 billion | Konza data Center & Smart City Facilities; |
| Ksh 2.3 billion | Construction of KAIST at Konza Technopolis; |
| Ksh 2.8 billion | Kenya Digital Economy Acceleration Project; and |
| Ksh 2.8 billion | Last Mile County Connectivity Network. |
| Ksh 1.8 billion | Digital Superhighway and Government shared services. |
In supporting the manufacturing sector for productivity and job creation, Ksh23.7 billion has been allocated as follows;
| Ksh 4.5 billion | Establishment of County Integrated Agro-Industrial Parks; |
| Ksh 1.9 billion | Finance & Enterprise Recovery (SAFER) Project; |
| Ksh 1.0 billion | Kenya Jobs Economic Transformation (KJET); |
| Ksh 440 million | Development of SEZ Textile Park Naivasha; |
| Ksh 1.5 billion | Sugar Reforms; and |
| Ksh 1.3 billion | Kenya Industry and Entrepreneurship Project |
Towards road construction, Ksh 193.4 billion has been allocated in the FY 2024/25 as follows;
| Ksh 86.2 billion | Construction of Roads and Bridges; |
| Ksh 37.7 billion | Maintenance of Roads; and |
| Ksh 69.5 billion | Rehabilitation of Roads |
To improve rail transport and construction of ports, Ksh29.6 billion has been allocated to expand railway transport and associated infrastructure, Ksh12.1 billion for air transport, Ksh3.1 billion for marine transport and Ksh4.2 billion for road safety.
To support environment and water conservation and respond to climate change, the following allocations have been set aside for the FY 2024/25:
| Ksh 73.1 billion | Expand access to clean and adequate water for domestic and agricultural use |
| Ksh 10.7 billion | Forests resources conservation and management |
| Ksh 1.7 billion | Forests research and development |
| Ksh 5.9 billion | Kenya financing locally-led climate action project |
| Ksh 2.7 billion | Environment Management and Protection |
| Ksh 1.6 billion | Meteorological service |
| Ksh 13.1 billion | Wildlife security, conservation and management. |
Ksh 656.6 billion has been allocated to the education sector as follows;
| Ksh 71.0 billion | Free primary and Day Secondary Education |
| Ksh 30.7 billion | Junior Secondary School Capitation |
| Ksh 3.0 billion | School Feeding Programme |
| Ksh 5.0 billion | Examinations Fee Waiver |
| Ksh 358.2 billion | Teachers Service Commission |
| Ksh 13.3 billion | Conversion of JSS teachers to permanent and pensionable |
| Ksh 1.3 billion | Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) Training of Teachers |
| Ksh 11.1 billion | Kenya Primary Education Equity in Learning |
| Ksh 6.0 billion | Infrastructure Development in Primary and Secondary Schools |
| Ksh 150 million | ICT Integration in Secondary Schools |
| Ksh 62.8 billion | Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) and Other Scholarships |
| Ksh 71.9 billion | University Education |
| Ksh 700 million | Research, Science, Technology and Innovation |
In FY 2024/25 Ksh 31.3 billion has been set aside for social protection and affirmative actions. These allocations include:
| Ksh 18.6 billion | Cash Transfers to Elderly Persons; |
| Ksh 7.9 billion | Cash Transfers to Orphans and Vulnerable Children; |
| Ksh 1.5 billion | Kenya Hunger Safety Net Programme |
| Ksh 1.2 billion | Cash Transfer to Persons with Severe Disability. |
| Ksh 400 million | Presidential Bursary for the Orphans |
| Ksh 815 million | Child Welfare Society of Kenya |
| Ksh 600 million | National Council for Persons Living with Disabilities |
Ksh 89.5 billion has been allocated in FY 2024/25 for equity, poverty reduction, women and youth empowerment as follows;
| Ksh 1.1 billion | Kenya Youth Empowerment Program; |
| Ksh 10.4 billion | National Youth Service; |
| Ksh 2.7 billion | National Youth Opportunity Towards Achievement (NYOTA); |
| Ksh 200 million | Youth Enterprise Development Fund; |
| Ksh 162.5 million | Centre for Entrepreneurship Project; |
| Ksh 200 million | Uwezo Fund; |
| Ksh 230 million | Youth Empowerment Centers; and |
| Ksh 182.8 million | Women Enterprise Fund |
The FY 2024/25 budget has set aside:
| Ksh 63.0 billion | National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF); |
| Ksh 8.0 billion | Equalization Fund; |
| Ksh 3.5 billion | National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NG-AAF). |
In the FY 2024/25, County Governments have been allocated Ksh 444.5 billion, which comprises of Ksh400.1 billion from the equitable share of revenue raised nationally, Ksh8.76 billion as additional conditional allocations from the National Government share of revenue and Ksh35.66 billion as conditional allocation from the Development Partners.
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